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Key contacts
Partner: Igonikon Adekunle
Partner: Sesan Sulaiman
Quick facts
Number of lawyers

150+

Number of partners

22

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Indirect tax
Tax
Tax controversy
Transactional tax
Firm overview

TEMPLARS is a foremost, integrated, full-service commercial law firm. With offices in key commercial centres in Nigeria i.e., Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, and an office in, Accra, Ghana, the firm is strategically placed to
offer quality legal services to clients across the length and breadth of the continent.

At TEMPLARS, our strengths lie in our coverage of diverse legal fields as well as our familiarity with the major sectors of the Nigerian economy. Not only are we well acquainted with domestic and international business transactions, typically involving strategic alliances and complex business arrangements, our lawyers work daily with all kinds and sizes of businesses, to structure, negotiate and document their transactions.

We have built a reputation for understanding each client’s peculiar business needs and applying legal principles to craft workable solutions to meet those business objectives.

Our lawyers are trained to diagnose business problems from a commercial perspective and don the lawyer's hat to implement business-savvy legal solutions within a timely and efficient manner, keeping transaction
timelines and deadlines in view.

We assist our clients to analyse the risks involved in their transactions; and we mitigate and hedge against those risks by deploying or devising appropriate risk management tools.

Our lawyers are consummate professionals who have decades’ worth of experience collaborating with various transaction parties to achieve the commercial and other intentions of clients.

Consistent with our commercial approach in the service of our clients, we constantly employ cost-effective procedures in the pursuit of each mandate.

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Key practice areas
Corporate Tax Matters
  • Restructuring
  • APAs
  • Financial services
  • Corporate taxes
  • Transactions
  • M&A
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Technology
  • Cross-border project management
  • Environmental
  • Value chains

Tax Advisory

  • International tax advisory
  • Tax consulting

Dispute Resolution

  • Controversy management
  • Litigation
  • Pre-litigation
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Dispute resolution
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Arbitration

Transfer Pricing

  • International Tax Planning
  • Cross-Border Project Management
  • Business Restructuring
  • Business Model Optimisation
  • TP Risk Management
  • Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • Litigation
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Controversy Management
  • TP Policy Design
  • Audit Defence
  • Audit Support
  • IP Management

Indirect Tax

  • VAT
  • Customs
  • Supply chains
Sector expertise
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Oil and gas
Address:
5th Floor, The Octagon Building, 13A AJ Marinho Drive
101241 Victoria Island, Lagos
Tel:+2342015155890 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.templars-law.com/
2026 Edition
General corporate tax
Tier 2
24 firms ranked
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Tier 1

AELEX
5 practice areas
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Andersen
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Deloitte
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EY
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KPMG
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PwC
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Stransact
4 practice areas
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Tier 2

Aluko & Oyebode
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Ascension
3 practice areas
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Banwo & Ighodalo
5 practice areas
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G Elias & Co
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Olaniwun Ajayi
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Pedabo
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Templars
5 practice areas
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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
4 practice areas
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Tier 3

Alliance Law Firm
3 practice areas
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BDO
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Forvis Mazars
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Grant Thornton
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Taxaide
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The New Practice
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WTS Blackwoodstone
4 practice areas
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Other notable

Ikeyi Shittu & Co
4 practice areas
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Stren & Blan Partners
3 practice areas
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Tax controversy
Tier 1
12 firms ranked
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Tier 1

AELEX
5 practice areas
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Banwo & Ighodalo
5 practice areas
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G Elias & Co
5 practice areas
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Templars
5 practice areas
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Tier 2

Aluko & Oyebode
4 practice areas
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EY
4 practice areas
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Ikeyi Shittu & Co
4 practice areas
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Olaniwun Ajayi
5 practice areas
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Punuka Attorneys and Solicitors
4 practice areas
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Stransact
4 practice areas
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Tier 3

Andersen
5 practice areas
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Other notable

Stren & Blan Partners
3 practice areas
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Transactional tax
Tier 2
14 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Banwo & Ighodalo
5 practice areas
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G Elias & Co
5 practice areas
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Stransact
4 practice areas
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Tier 2

AELEX
5 practice areas
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Alliance Law Firm
3 practice areas
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Andersen
5 practice areas
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Ikeyi Shittu & Co
4 practice areas
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Templars
5 practice areas
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Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
4 practice areas
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WTS Blackwoodstone
4 practice areas
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Tier 3

Aluko & Oyebode
4 practice areas
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Olaniwun Ajayi
5 practice areas
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Punuka Attorneys and Solicitors
4 practice areas
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Other notable

Stren & Blan Partners
3 practice areas
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Overview

The Nigerian full-service law firm provides a breadth of tax services with offices in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt. The tax controversy team is led by Adewale Atake, whose extensive experience in tax controversy exceeds 30 years, supported by tax controversy expert Godwin Omoaka, and customs and excise-related disputes expert Inam Wilson. On the other hand, the tax advisory team comprises dual-qualified lawyers and accountants providing tax solutions from a legal and economic perspective. Dipo Komolaf is the team leader with more than three decades of experience in the market. The team has a wealth of experience assisting multinational enterprises in M&A on medium-large capital value deals, tax restructuring, transfer pricing policy design, and more. Tax partners Igonikon Adekunle and Sesan Sulaiman are key tax figures advising a wealth of clients, such as oil companies Exxon Mobil Producing Nigeria UnlimitedTotalEnergies EP Nigeria Limited,  payment processors Visa International Services, and more.    

At the end of 2024, the firm advised the Norwegian multinational company Equinor on the sale of its Nigerian subsidiary, Equinor Nigeria Energy Company, to Chappal Energies valued at  
USD 1.2 Bn.  

Client feedback 

“Commercial mindset. Good tax technical knowledge. Responsive.” 

“Creative and commercial mindset”

Linked Reviews
Tax

Templars provide innovative and practical advice on tax issues arising from domestic and cross-border commercial transactions. The tax services comprise a blend of tax advisory and dispute resolution in all key finance and business transactions spanning across mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, international planning, capital formation, real estate, tax-exempt finance, state and local tax matters, including transfer pricing risk issues. Tax partner Dipo Komolafe heads the team with the support of tax partners Igonikon Adekunle, Sesan Sulaiman and counsel Jude Odinkonigbo. 

Case studies show the firm is representing Nigerian consultancy firm Accenture before the Tax Appeal Tribunal regarding a VAT dispute, circa N 350 million, against the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

Client feedback

''One major attribute that distinguishes Templars is the Firm's creativity and in-depth appreciation of issues. The firm also has well-seasoned tax professionals who bring to bear their wealth of experience on issues in any controversy. Templars also shares articles on tax decisions with its clients.''

''The Templars tax team is well versed in Nigerian tax law and we generally receive high quality tax advice from them.''  

''Clear understanding of applicable tax laws, and provides timely legal opinion and diligent in prosecution.''

 

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